Joe Opron Head Coach Email:  gwmenslacrosse@gmail.com

2013:  Elevated the program to the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Division I, SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC), Northwest Division. In his first MCLA season as Head Coach, two Colonials received post season honors as third-year law student Patrick Rigney was named by Inside Lacrosse as a 2013 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Academic All-American and David Goscinak was named to the All-SELC Second Team for his on-field performance and awarded the MCLA Scholar Athlete award for his combined excellence on the field and in the classroom. The Colonials started out the season strong, winning its first MCLA game in program history against the University of Toledo Rockets by a score of 14-3. GW also won its home opener against East Carolina University by a score of 11-4 and its first SELC NorthWest Division game against West Virginia University 6-3. At the conclusion of the spring season, Coach Opron instituted the Colonials' first nation-wide recruiting program; an initiative that was instantly successful in attracting top tier student-athletes to George Washington University.  

2012:  In his first season as Head Coach, Coach Opron led the Colonials to a team best 12-4 record and its first ever Chesapeake Division 2 Conference Championship after beating the previously unbeaten #4 St. Mary's College of Maryland. On its way to the national championship game, the Colonials also defeated then #2 St. Joseph's and #6 Slippery Rock. The Colonials finished the season ranked #3 in the country after falling to the #1 University of Cincinnati Bearcats in the NCLL Division 2 National Championship in a hard-fought 13-14 overtime loss. 

Bio:  Coach Opron comes to George Washington with a wealth of coaching experience at the high school and travel lacrosse levels, where he coached several HS All-Americans and eventual NCAA Division 1 student-athletes. A 2006 graduate of then MCLA Division 1 Oakland University, Opron helped lead the Golden Grizzlies past conference foe and perennial MCLA powerhouse the University of Michigan en route to two CCLA Conference Championships and two MCLA National Tournament appearances. Opron was three-time All CCLA, CCLA Offensive MVP, Team MVP, All-American, led the MCLA Division 1 in total goals his senior year, and was second in the country in total points. Prior to attending Oakland, Opron attended NCAA Division 2 Wheeling Jesuit University on a lacrosse and academic scholarship. Opron was also a two-time all-state attackman and a member of the varsity ice hockey team at Troy Athens High School in Troy, MI. 

Personal:  Opron is an attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and resides in Washington DC. He is an attackman for the Chevy Chase Lacrosse Club, a post-collegiate men's club team competing in the Stars and Stripes Elite DC Lacrosse league, and Blue Tide, a post-collegiate box lacrosse team playing in the DC Box Lacrosse League (DCBLL). Coach Opron holds degrees from Oakland University (BA - Political Science), the Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology (JD), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LLM - Securities and Financial Regulation).